AMD GVR

[Alan3345]

Hey guys so I was wondering if anyone uses AMD's new(ish) game recorder? It works more or less like Shadowplay for Nvidia. I myself find it's coming on really well. It records 1080p/60fps videos without any noticeable performance hit at all and the quality is amazing. Unfortunately I can't show this off yet as youtube doesn't support 60fps as of yet

 

The reason I bring this up is that the only reason I would consider an Nvidia card over an AMD card (if it cost more) was because of Shadowplay. Now that AMD's version is nearly as good (and will be as polished in a few months) that kind of takes some of Nvidia's most attractive features away (at least for me). So I think this is good for AMD going forward. What do you guys think?

[RatedBlam]

Well I'm not sure if it does this anymore, but not too long ago it chopped the videos you took into shorter pieces.

And both shadowplay and GVR mix your mic and the game audio into the same track, I think.

But I think GVR works pretty well overall. The bigger problem for me is the gaming evolved app, I can't for the death of me get the overlay working so I can never see whether I'm recording or not.

[Alan3345]

Well I'm not sure if it does this anymore, but not too long ago it chopped the videos you took into shorter pieces.

And both shadowplay and GVR mix your mic and the game audio into the same track, I think.

But I think GVR works pretty well overall. The bigger problem for me is the gaming evolved app, I can't for the death of me get the overlay working so I can never see whether I'm recording or not.

 

No it doesn't do that anymore, you can record for as long as you like and it will stay in one video thankfully Yeah that's the one main downside, I'd love separate tracks like Dxtory, that would be great. Oh that is odd, works fine for me. Teaking with the settings would probably fix it, for me the overlay has always worked, guess I was lucky.

[xAcid9]

I suggest you take a look at OBS with VCE which leverage the hardware H264 encoder in AMD GCN graphic processor. Raptr/GVR development is too freaking slow to my liking. 

 

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-fork-branch-with-amd-vce-support.13996/

[Alan3345]

I suggest you take a look at OBS with VCE which leverage the hardware H264 encoder in AMD GCN graphic processor. Raptr/GVR development is too freaking slow to my liking. 

 

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-fork-branch-with-amd-vce-support.13996/

 

Hmm I tried OBS a few months ago, couldn't get it working to the level I wanted. The files didn't work with Sony Vegas and there was a noticeable hit on performance too. I think GVR in the current state works better for me.

[xAcid9]

Hmm I tried OBS a few months ago, couldn't get it working to the level I wanted. The files didn't work with Sony Vegas and there was a noticeable hit on performance too. I think GVR in the current state works better for me.

 

You used the normal OBS? Not the one with VCE support? I can edit my video recorded with OBS thru Vegas just fine. 

[JefferyD90]

Hey guys so I was wondering if anyone uses AMD's new(ish) game recorder? It works more or less like Shadowplay for Nvidia. I myself find it's coming on really well. It records 1080p/60fps videos without any noticeable performance hit at all and the quality is amazing. Unfortunately I can't show this off yet as youtube doesn't support 60fps as of yet

 

The reason I bring this up is that the only reason I would consider an Nvidia card over an AMD card (if it cost more) was because of Shadowplay. Now that AMD's version is nearly as good (and will be as polished in a few months) that kind of takes some of Nvidia's most attractive features away (at least for me). So I think this is good for AMD going forward. What do you guys think?

I assume your talking about the one integrated into raptr?  It does perform better than OBS, but its not as feature rich.  Although it does the job perfectly. 

[Alan3345]

You used the normal OBS? Not the one with VCE support? I can edit my video recorded with OBS thru Vegas just fine. 

 

I tried with VCE support and couldn't get it working, then tried without and didn't like it. I'm just find it over complicated

[Alan3345]

I assume your talking about the one integrated into raptr?  It does perform better than OBS, but its not as feature rich.  Although it does the job perfectly. 

 

Yeah that's the one. Well it's in beta at the moment so it may gain additional features as the development progresses...At least I hope so

[QAZ]

Got it working a week or two ago but the overlay stopped working for me a few days later. For some reason it didn't want to record at 60 fps though. Even though I'd selected 60 fps 50 MB/s or whatever the max was, the file that it saved was a solid 30 fps @ 25MB/s. Feel like it needs some improvements (audio splitting would be nice). Hadn't played ACII for years so tested it out with that 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWK8XRBLSIo

[xAcid9]

Can GVR record Mantle gameplay? No right?

 

 

 

Recorded this with OBS VCE. 

[Alan3345]

Got it working a week or two ago but the overlay stopped working for me a few days later. For some reason it didn't want to record at 60 fps though. Even though I'd selected 60 fps 50 MB/s or whatever the max was, the file that it saved was a solid 30 fps @ 25MB/s. Feel like it needs some improvements (audio splitting would be nice). Hadn't played ACII for years so tested it out with that 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWK8XRBLSIo

 

Hmm it used to only record at 45 fps for me even when I set it to 60fps but it was updated a few days ago and records a solid 60fps for me Also your video is private

 

Can GVR record Mantle gameplay? No right?

 

 

 

 

No not yet, but I hear it will soon   Also I don't use mantle (gives me less performance and gives me huge stuttering and frame dips) so that's really not an issue 

[QAZ]

Hmm it used to only record at 45 fps for me even when I set it to 60fps but it was updated a few days ago and records a solid 60fps for me Also your video is private

 

Oops aha. Wasnt quite sure how YouTube handled stuff like that and whether to use private or unlisted. All fixed now I think. Anyway I can't actually get it to work any more now to retest it

[Alan3345]

Oops aha. Wasnt quite sure how YouTube handled stuff like that and whether to use private or unlisted. All fixed now I think. Anyway I can't actually get it to work any more now to retest it

 

Nice quality video man Anyway check out the newest version and let me know how you find it

[xAcid9]

Hmm it used to only record at 45 fps for me even when I set it to 60fps but it was updated a few days ago and records a solid 60fps for me Also your video is private

 

 

No not yet, but I hear it will soon   Also I don't use mantle (gives me less performance and gives me huge stuttering and frame dips) so that's really not an issue 

 

Latest GVR use constant bitrate now? Previously it use variable.

 

Mantle give the opposite of those, smoother gameplay with better minimum and average fps. 

[Alan3345]

Latest GVR use constant bitrate now? Previously it use variable.

 

Mantle give the opposite of those, smoother gameplay with better minimum and average fps. 

 

Apparently so, every video that I record now I get a constant 60fps (except when my in game fps dips below 60 of course) so that's less annoying, the variable framerate used to annoy the hell out of me because in long videos the audio would be out of sync. Mantle is supposed to, but for me it doesn't